Problems with Buyers
Unable to contact the buyer
Please allow at least 3 days for the buyer to get in touch with you. Check
your spam filter settings or junk email folder to make sure the buyer's email is
not getting blocked.
What to do after 3 days:
- You can get the buyer's email address from the 'Sold' email sent to you.
- You can Contact the buyer via My quicksales > My Selling > Sold Items. Select
'Contact Buyer' from the Action link.
- Ensure your spam filters are not blocking emails from the buyer. The buyer may be
trying to email you but your filters are blocking them.
- Check that your contact details are correct. The buyer may be trying to email you
but your contact details are incorrect.
Click here
Call the buyer. Request to
Exchange contact details in order to obtain the buyer's contact phone number.
Note: Try the above steps first.
Emails returned / bounced back: If your emails to the buyer are returned (have not
reached the buyer), it is possible that they are having problems with their internet
service provider / email. However, the buyer will still receive messages you send
via the quicksales message system in their quicksales inbox when they next sign in.
If you still cannot contact the buyer after a reasonable time frame, we recommend
that you leave them an appropriate Rating.
Offensive / abusive emails
- If the message was sent via quicksales, we would suggest that you report the message
as 'spam' so we may review the message content and take appropriate action as deemed
necessary.
- If the message was sent privately (outside of quicksales) we cannot take any action
as it is not within our authority to do so. If the private email is of a harassing
nature however, please view below:
- quicksales has been instructed to advise members in receipt of abusive emails of a
harassing and repetitive nature, to report them to their local authorities. In turn
the matter may be referred (if deemed necessary) to the Computer Crime Squad. The
sender of such emails may be guilty of stalking which is a criminal offence. If
a member is in receipt of emails that are not ongoing or repetitive, there is no
criminal act at hand and no case will be filed by the local authorities.
Unpaid item
Please allow at least 5 working days for the buyer to make payment. If your buyer
has paid by cheque or money order, allow time for delivery. If your buyer has paid
by direct deposit, the payment can take a few days to show and will take longer
over weekends. There can be numerous reasons for a payment not being received: The
seller may have provided incorrect account details or address, the buyer may have
entered incorrect account details or address, the cheque or money order may have
been lost in the post, the email supplied/entered for Paymate or PayPal etc may
have been wrong and so on.
What to do after 5 days:
- Contact the buyer by email and or phone.
- Send a 'Payment reminder'.
- Leave an appropriate Rating as this may spur them into action.
What to do after 7 days:
Buying restrictions
Members will be restricted from bidding or buying if they have 3 or more Unpaid
item marks from 3 or more unique sellers.
Late payment received scenarios
If you received a late payment from a buyer and have already reported it as Unpaid
or Relisted it etc, click the link below.
Additional Information
My buyer's account is on hold / suspended, why?
An account may be placed on hold or suspended for any of the following reasons:
- Overdue invoices
- Waiting on ratings to be received from initial buyers to ensure they are a genuine
seller
- Fraudulent activity
- No response to quicksales staff on communications previously sent (hold is removed once
a reply is received)
- Breach of the User Agreement and or Policies and Rules
- Incomplete personal details (such as telephone number etc)
For Privacy reasons, we are not able to disclose particular details.
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